Meet Our Alumni

Alejandra M. Colón-López (PhD 2022) is a Scientist 1 in the UAB Minority Health and Health Equity Research Center (MHERC). Prior to this appointment, she was a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Medical Education in the UAB Heersink School of Medicine.

Zachary McCann (PhD 2021) is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Health in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.

Katie McIntyre (PhD 2019) is an Assistant Lecturer in Sociology at Birmingham Southern College.

Bria Morgan (PhD 2022) works at the Office of Access & Engagement at UAB.

Soumya J. Niranjan (PhD 2018) is an Associate Professor in the UAB Department of Health Services Administration.

Godfrey Fuji Noe (PhD 2002) is Director of the Office of Institutional Research and Planning at Georgia Perimeter College in Decatur, Georgia.

Gabriela Oates (PhD 2015) is an Associate Professor in the UAB Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine.

LaToya J. O’Neal (PhD 2014) is an Assistant Professor and Health and Wellness Extension Specialist in the Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences at the University of Florida.

Kirsten Ostergren Clark (PhD 2021) is an assistant professor of Sociology and Social Work at Wilberforce University in Ohio.

Caroline O. Pardo (PhD 2007) serves as President, Continuing Professional Development, at Clinical Education Alliance, as well as holds industry recognitions such as the Fellow Award, Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions, and is a Certified Healthcare CPD Professional.

Clifford Ross (PhD) is a postdoctoral fellow at Vanderbilt University.

Sarah B. Rutland (PhD 2019) is a Scientist I, in the Division of Pediatric Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine at UAB.

Brie Scrivner (PhD 2021) (pronouns: they/them) is a Disability Analyst in the Office of Equity and Human Rights at the City of Portland, Oregon.

Zack Simoni (PhD 2015) is an Associate Professor of Sociology with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Margaret Christine Snead (PhD 2005) is a Health Scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Division of Reproductive Health.

Kristi Stringer (PhD 2017)  is a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University in the City of New York

Mercedes Tarasovich (PhD 2024) focused her research on barriers to mental health care for people who have survived suicide attempts.

Jalal Uddin (PhD 2019) is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at Dalhousie University.

Carey Usher (PhD 2001) is Associate Provost and Dean of Mary Baldwin College for Women, of Mary Baldwin University in Staunton, Virginia.

Jessica Valles (PhD 2021) is an Assistant Teaching Professor in Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Southern Mississippi.